Grace will expose the deepest issues of your heart, then point you to the Cross which covers everything that's been exposed.

We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy.

Love is willing self-sacrifice for the good of another that does not require reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving

God's design in our pain enables us to look back and say: He loves me enough to take me where I would have never wanted to go in order to produce in me what I never could have achieved on my own.

Corporate worship is a regular gracious reminder that it's not about you. You've been born into a life that is a celebration of another.

If you don't keep the eyes of your heart focused on the paradise that is to come, you will try to turn this poor fallen world into the paradise it will never be.

We are called by God to do theology, that is, to live our lives with a moment-by-moment consciousness of God.

God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in the lives of others.

Today you will envy the blessings of another, or you will bask in the wonder of the amazing grace you have been given.

You can tell yourself that God's not fair, or you can thank Him that He's not fair. If God was fair, we would be doomed and condemned.

See yourself and weep. See your God and rejoice.

The best place to conceal esoteric information is right in front of us.

Everyone is beautiful but (unfortunately), we will usually stick to the person that reflects our confidence of beauty.

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

When I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a great idea.

I have long ties to the women's community.

By merely foreswearing violence and taking advantage of their unique position contiguous with the world’s most creative people, the Palestinians could be rich and happy.

What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.

I've never lost my love for acting. I feel really at home on the movie set. I'm a more balanced person honestly when I'm working.

We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals.

If you have to design something, choose things that we need as opposed to frivolous things that we might just want for a month or two for bragging rights.